All kinds of phobias

All these phobias combined to one site. Because we are all afraid of something. Like Stephen King said: 'Monsters are real, ghosts are real too, they live inside us, and sometimes, they win' And he is right. So just search for your own phobia here and if you can't find it, submit one or ask me. Sometimes it feels good to know your fear has a name, and knowing you are not the only one having it. Shared pain is always better.

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I have no idea if you're still active (Tumblr has trouble with putting dates on things, I've found) but I've been struggling for a long time with a fear I have that bugs are on me but I don't make if it has a name or anything. I am constantly brushing off my arms, checking my hair, and if I see a bug/find bumps on me I can't sleep in my bed until I've brought the mattress off the platform and deep cleaned because I can't sleep knowing bugs are around me.

Sorry, no not really active anymore. But I happened to read your post. I don’t know what your fear is. I think you’re just scared of bugs in general, and you checking constantly is a result of that. The fear of bugs and insects is: Entomophobia or Acarophobia, 

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I have Samhainophobia (Fear of Halloween). I experienced my very first anxiety attack because of it. It affects me severely from August to November (or whenever the decorations leave stores). Around that time, I can only barely get myself to leave my apartment. Even grocery shopping is terrifying to me. I've been like this since I was a kid. I don't know what to do about it. Any advice?

I’m sorry. I’m not a professional in giving advice. I feel very sorry for you and I hope you manage to get your help. But I wouldn’t know. 

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So like I'm not sure if this is phobia but.. I'm always scared of cars and driving (I can't drive yet) but when I'm a passenger I'm always anxious and scared that an accident might happen, no matter how careful the driver is. once I'm in the car, I keep imagining accidents, and how it's so easy for one to happen yk? And sometimes even I have to close my eyes tight to keep the thoughts away,they're horrible. It's like I imagine it already happened and keep getting so anxious. So, is this a thing?

I am not a phobia specialist. To me it just sounds like you’ve got some kind of anxiety, but again, I am not a specialist. It just sounds like you’ve developed some kind of reason to be afraid in cars, but I can’t help you. I’m sorry. It does sound very annoying. 

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I have pretty bad aquaphobia. And I think it's getting worse. Any tips to overcome it? No way in hell am I going near deep water so that won't help.

I wish I could help you, but same phobia here. They say there are special swimming classes for people like us, but hey, I cry every time I even think about going in the water. So I’m good. Maybe we’ll grow over it? Who knows.. 

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I have a fear of ambulance and police sirens...I have to cover my ears any time I hear them because if I don't, I'll start crying. Any ideas? Am I crazy?

Not crazy! I think it’s just the loud sounds that scare you, maybe made worse by knowing something is ‘wrong’ when you hear the sirens. (There is a reason they put the sirens on). I don’t know what phobia fits with this, but you’re definitely not crazy. 

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I have always had the fear of looking up at tall buildings or driving up steep hills. What is my phobia?

I’m not sure. Maybe someone else knows? 

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I have trypophobia and I really want to understand what is happening to me but I can't go on google and search because it creeps me out and I know there's gonna be pictures. Do you mind searching for me and explaining what it is please ?? I really want to understand and know if a lot of people have it and why. And also if there are ppl who have it see this post and want to discuss with me please do. Thanks :)

Okay, sure. I only have this phobia when I see the holes in skin (as a lot of the pictures have on google, yuck), so I’m alright googling it. For other people reading this, and just for reference, trypophobia is the fear of objects with small holes in it, clustered together. I got to the wikipedia page, where they explain that this fear has to do with a danger. Often people are not necessarily afraid of oranges, that have the holes as well, but are afraid when they see the holes in honeycombs and frogs. This has to do with the reflex that these things could cause danger to us as humans. Then I went back to google and found the website tech insider, that explains that this phobia isn’t considered a phobia, but rather a feeling of disgust. Which in my own personal experience is very true. But it is yet again said that a lot of dangerous animals/poisonous animals have circles on their skin. And that causes the fear/discomfort. Also, you are not alone, a lot of people, even when they don’t say they have trypophobia, do feel discomfort when looking at the pictures of clustered holes. But a proper explanation, other than the danger one, is not yet given.  I hope this is what you were looking for, and I will credit the source, but I’d rather not have you click on it, because there are pictures. 

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For the person that sent in an ask about people chewing and it affecting them strongly I suggest they look into misophonia. I have hypersensitivity to sounds like that and that might be helpful to them.

Thank you for this! For the other ask, here you go. Someone who actually knows something is helping you. Thank you. 

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I freak out when I hear people eat/chew, it's a lot worse than just feeling uncomfortable. What is this?

I think this is just stored under hypersensitivity, where you take in sounds a lot more intense than other people. But again, I am not an expert on this. As a matter of fact, I know very little about this. 

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I suffer from scoleciphobia. It got to the point that whenever someone mentions the animal in any context or just says the name I start to freak out and cry. I refuse to go to places when I know that there's a possibility of seeing the animal. When I actually see the animal in a picture or in real life my heart starts racing, I can't breathe and ultimately black out. My mom can't cook spaghetti anymore because it reminds me of them. We tried everything, even hypnosis. Any advice?

The rest: The anon with scoleciphobia: a thing that might be a bit weird is that snakes are my favourite animal even though they have a similar body form

I am not at all trained to have advice on this. I just find phobias interesting. So sorry, but I don’t think I can help you.. I am sorry for you though, seems like an annoying problem. 

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Could you please help me? I don´t know who to talk to about this since my family is not very supportive. Since I was a child I don´t like being touched. With some people I don´t mind that much but in general it really freaks me out. My fear of being touched wasn´t that bad, but recently I noticed that it got worse. Yesterday a friend of mine tried to hug me and I panicked. Like, I couldn´t stop shaking. My heart was racing. I´ve never felt that anxious before. Idk what to do. Is it haphephobia?

I don’t know. It sounds like it. But I am not an expert on the phobias, I just like posting about them. You’re allowed to get scared over things, just try and explain you don’t really like it when people touch you. Even though your family is not supportive, they should at least respect you. So just warn them you don’t like it. I’m sorry, I don’t really know how else to help. 

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Fear of having your neck touched? Even if it's accidental or just lightly. I can be touched anywhere but my neck. I freak out even the lightest touch and feel like I'm suffocating. Any idea what that could be called? Or perhaps why? Thank you :)

Fear of being touched is haphephobia. But I don’t know the name for the neck specifically. Nor why you would feel this way. Sorry! 

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Galeophobia is the fear of sharks, not cats. Please inform yourself.

I’m very sorry. I think I said before that I might be wrong. I also have not been updating the blog, so I haven’t really checked what I wrote. To be honest, this blog is kind of left completely. So thank you for showing my wrong, I apologise once again. 

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What do you call the fear of apologizing and saying sorry? I just end up crying and thinking of things i had done.

I’m sorry, but I couldn’t find the term...

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fear of HOLES what kind of phobia is that?

Trypophobia is the fear of things with holes in it or irregular patterns.

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I have the fear of landscapes or places that don't change. So deep in the ocean all you can see is water and the sky, or deep in the dessert all you can see if sand and sky. Space really scares me because it's so empty and big buildings with many open doors in tight hallways make me feel uneasy like these things do. Is there a specific word for this? Large open space where you can run to a location or see the edge scares me so much.

Agoraphobia is  the fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places. Not sure if that is what you’re looking for.

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Is it possible to have a phobia of getting a shot? Because every time I have to get one I just start crying and even just mentioning shots make me uncomfortable.

I think it's trypanophobia: the fear of injections. And I know many people have this.